Rhode Island § 42-14-7 - Department of Business Regulation
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§ 42-14-7. Department of Business Regulation
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-14-7
§ 42-14-7. Deputies to superintendents.
The superintendent of banking and the superintendent of insurance may appoint one or more deputies to assist the superintendent in the performance of the superintendent’s duties, who shall be removable at the pleasure of the superintendent, and the superintendent in the superintendent’s official capacity shall be liable for any deputy’s misconduct or neglect of duty in the performance of the deputy’s official duties. Service of process upon any deputy, or at the office of the superintendent upon some person there employed, at any time, shall be as effectual as service upon the superintendent.
History of Section.
P.L. 1908, ch. 1590, § 31; G.L. 1909, ch. 233, § 3; G.L. 1896, ch. 181, § 1, as enacted
by P.L. 1909, ch. 405, § 1; P.L. 1909, ch. 445, § 1; P.L. 1913, ch. 933, § 2; P.L.
1918, ch. 1638, § 1; P.L. 1919, ch. 1784, § 2; P.L. 1921, ch. 2040, § 2; G.L. 1923,
ch. 225, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 274, § 3; P.L. 1923, ch. 447, § 1; P.L. 1929, ch. 1318,
§ 5; P.L. 1929, ch. 1393, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1935, ch. 2250, § 73; G.L. 1938, ch.
127, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1939, ch. 660, § 122; G.L. 1956, § 42-14-7; P.L. 1983, ch.
147, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 47, art. 3, § 8.
Source: official Rhode Island text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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